For example, Orangeburg, South Carolina has been called one of the biggest party towns in the nation. And you can see why. It has a large number of college kids, a very young population, and frankly, there’s a huge bar scene.

But is it the best city to score in? The purpose of this post is to use science and data to determine which places are the easiest you could possibly go in South Carolina if you wanted to hook up with someone.

After analyzing 45 of the state’s most populous areas (over 10,000 people), we came up with this list as the 10 easiest places to get laid in the state of South Carolina:

Well if you live in Greenwood, you’re probably already aware of the pure excitement level, based on the criteria we list below. And if you’re not already regularly hooking up there…well, then there’s nothing we can do about that.

That’s your own personal problem.

Read on below to see how we crunched the numbers and see how the places near you fared. We’ve got the complete list of the most populous cities below so you know where to go and where to avoid on your next road trip.

How do you decide if a place in the Palmetto State is easy to get lucky in?

In order to rank the chances where you’re most likely to get laid in South Carolina, we had to determine what criteria helps people hook up. It isn’t a stretch to assume that people will get frisky where there are plenty of young singles, areas where people aren’t married and with kids, and in areas with high lots of adult things to do.

So we found databases across the internet for those criteria, and it spit out the answer. Like magic.

Get Laid Score: 65.5Population: 13,478% Female Population: 51.7%Bars: 7Colleges: 3
Orangeburg, also known as The Garden City, is the principal city in and the county seat of Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States. The population of the city was 13,964 according to the 2010 United States census. The city is located 37 miles southeast of Columbia, on the north fork of the Edisto River in the Piedmont area.

Get Laid Score: 64.8Population: 12,859% Female Population: 52.2%Bars: 4Colleges: 1
Gaffney is a town in and the seat of Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States, in the Upstate region of South Carolina. Gaffney is known as the ‘Peach Capital of South Carolina’. The population was 12,539 at the 2010 census, with an estimated population of 12,597 in 2014. It is the principal city of the Gaffney, South Carolina, Micropolitan Statistical Area (population 55,662 according to 2012 estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau), which includes all of Cherokee County and which is further included in the greater Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina Combined Statistical Area (population 1,384,996 according to year 2012 U.S. Census Bureau estimates).

Get Laid Score: 63.6Population: 15,947% Female Population: 49.0%Bars: 6Colleges: 1
West Columbia is a city and commuter town in the suburban eastern sections of Lexington County, South Carolina, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population was 14,988. It is a part of the greater Columbia, SC metropolitan statistical area.

Get Laid Score: 60.0Population: 10,338% Female Population: 53.7%Bars: 4Colleges: 1
Newberry is a city in Newberry County, South Carolina, United States, in the Piedmont 43 miles (69 km) northwest of Columbia. The charter was adopted in 1894. The population was 10,277 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Newberry County; at one time it was called Newberry Courthouse.

Get Laid Score: 59.7Population: 22,272% Female Population: 54.7%Bars: 5Colleges: 0
St. Andrews is a census-designated place (CDP) in Richland County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 20,493 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Columbia, South Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Get Laid Score: 59.2Population: 27,206% Female Population: 54.2%Bars: 6Colleges: 1
Anderson is a city in and the county seat of Anderson County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 26,686 at the 2010 census, and the city was the center of an urbanized area of 75,702. It is one of the principal cities in the Greenville-Anderson–Mauldin Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a population of 824,112 at the 2010 census. It is further included in the larger Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina Combined Statistical Area, with a total population of 1,266,995, at the 2010 census. Anderson is just off Interstate 85 and is 120 miles (190 km) from Atlanta and 140 miles (230 km) from Charlotte.

Get Laid Score: 51.9Population: 70,251% Female Population: 52.0%Bars: 4Colleges: 3
Rock Hill is the largest city in York County, South Carolina, United States and the fifth-largest city in the state. It is also the fourth-largest city of the Charlotte metropolitan area, behind Charlotte, Concord, and Gastonia (all located in North Carolina, unlike Rock Hill). As of the 2010 Census, the population was 66,154. In 2016, the population had increased to 72,937.

There You Have It – The Best Cities for Getting Some in South Carolina

If you’re looking at cities in South Carolina where it’s easy to get laid because the population is young, single and ready to party, this is an accurate list.

Who ever said science is a bore?

If you’re also curious enough, here are the hardest places to get laid in South Carolina, according to science: